Rocker-Lawyer Pesters R. Kelly, Gets Boot from Courtroom

Lawyer-authors. Lawyer-songwriters. Lawyer-filmmakers. The Law blog thinks it’s terrific when lawyers maintain interests, hobbies and even careers outside the law. It keeps them fresh, and it gives us stuff to write about. And all the better when the legal career collides with the extra-legal pursuit.

By day, Mike Roman (pictured) is a criminal defense attorney in Chicago. At night, he fronts for a rock band called “Mike Roman and the Telstars.” (Click on the link to hear samples, and to buy a copy of “Cha Cha Time,” the group’s latest album.) According to this report in the Chicago Trib, on Friday Roman was kicked out of court during the child pornography trial of R. Kelly for trying to push his demo CD on Kelly during a break in the proceedings.

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